Last chapter I dedicated the chapter to Impkit, But I did the name wrong... its Impkat... so now this chapter is dedicated to Impkat. Gomen naiisai. Also Thank you all for not killing me for this long waited chapter.

This chapter has a lot from Impmons Tamer in it, so don't be surprised. Don't even have to ask for permission, since I wrote that fic too.

Old chapters have been fixed up

Finding Hope

By Firehedgehog

Chapter Eight

"What the hell is going on!" Yamaki growled, the last thing he remembered was trying to get to the digital device before the data pest got it... then light,

The blond looked around, from what he could see he was in a hospital of some type. He frowned; he had no idea of how he had come here.

He looked down the hall just as a cart turned onto the hallway he was in, a cheerful looking nurse pushed it. She had curly red hair and twinkling blue eyes, she was also humming under her breath.

"Excuse me miss, can you tell me where I am?" he called to her, she ignored him making him annoyed.

"Miss..." he growled, he wanted answers now... this just wasn't his day.

He gasped as the cart and the nurse just went through him, he shivered... now that hadn't been right. It was like; he had been a ghost.

In a way you are a voice said, Yamaki snarled and turned around... but saw no one in sight... not even the nurse from earlier.

"Where the hell am I, and you better tell me who you are!" he demanded, the voice felt amused to him.

I'd say time travel but then I'd have to laugh, its more a memory of the past then anything the voice said, and it was clearly amused.

"Ha ha, now take me back to the office now," Yamaki demanded.

Who says you even left? the voice said, even more amused.

"..." he said.

Hardheaded as always I see, that will work well the voice said, Yamaki's eye twitched.

And now on with the show! and Yamaki was thrown ghostlike through a wall, into a hospital room.

"No..." Yamaki whispered, as he saw the fragile boy on the bed, the last time he had seen him was years ago and covered with blood. "Raimu."

Suddenly the rooms door slammed opened, a man walked in and he was middle aged and had a balding head of brown hair and cruel black eyes. The man also smelled of Alcohol.

"No... Not this, I don't want to see this," Yamaki yelled angrily, he tried to leave the room but something held him firm, he couldn't even close his eyes, the man.. His father pulled out a familiar knife.

Suddenly a blur appeared in front of Raimu, hands glowing with fireballs forming, the commotion waking Raimu. A familiar figure, the Digimon the Tamers called Impmon.

"Monster," the man shouted slamming his arm against Impmon, Impmon gave a grunt as his body flew across the room and hit a wall causing him to become dizzy and unfocused.

'Why is he attacking my father, why is he here?' Yamaki thought confused.

"Rotting pest," his father snarled grabbing the kid, he heard bones snap in the

boys arm as he grabbed him. Raimu squirmed under him but his father didn't let

him ger away, finally he was in position and he slammed the knife into the

child's chest.

"No, please no,' Yamaki cried.

His father laughed gleefully as blood squirted though the air painting his face in scarlet red, then he got up and headed to the door to escape before security got there.

"You monster, murderer," Impmon screamed moving again. With a terrible rage Impmon formed a fireball bigger then Yamaki thought a rookie could, the man screamed as it razed across his body but not killing him... but he would kill this murderer.

"Impmon..." a soft voice said, it was very low that he almost never heard it but he did... it was Raimu and he was still alive.

"Raimu," Impmon said rushing to his friend, the boy looked even more fragile then before and that knife sticking out of his chest probably didn't help. With a grunt he managed to get the knife out, he tried to stop the blood from rushing out but his paws were too small.

"I'm sorry," Raimu said, he coughed and blood flecked the boys lower face now.

"No live, you promised we would leave the hospital and do all those fun things together," Impmon said tears flowing down his face as he cried.

"Sorry," Raimu said, weakly he raised his arms and tugged his bandana around his neck off. Impmons face displayed shock as Raimu put it around his own neck, he then smiled sadly.

"Its my time Impmon but it isn't yours, I always knew I would die... I'll be waiting for you when its your time," Raimu said touching the digimons face sadly, then he took his last breath and his hand dropped silently as his blue eyes closed for the final time.

"You lied, you lied... you promised we would always be together," Impmon cried his heart torn in half by his grief, security of the hospital could be heard coming.

He took one last look at Raimu, then with a strangled cry slipped out the window into the unknown.

"They... were partnered," Yamaki said in shock, as several things came to realizations.

Yes, and you cannot blame him, they faced something neither were ready for. Innocent, and Impmon's innocence and hope was torn asunder that day the voice said sadly.

"Why show me this?" Yamaki asked.

Not all digimon should be hated, just as not all humans should be hated. There is something you must do, and something Impmon must do The voice said.

"What is it," he growled, getting rather annoyed, and noticed he was no longer in the hospital but in a swirling miasma of colours.

Don't worry, you'll both know soon enough the voice laughed.

OoOoO

With a gasp Yamaki came to himself, blinking he found himself back in the office the D-Ark in hand.

At his feet was an unconscious Impmon, for a few minutes he stared at the Digimon fighting the urge to delete him.

Then with a sigh he leaned forward and scooped the rookie into his arms.

"Raimu, I hope your happy. You would probably never forgive me if I destroyed your only legacy," Yamaki sighed, and wondered how he would explain this to the higher ups.

OoOoO

He was being carried, the arms were warm and hsi head was against a chest.

Ba bah ba bah

A heartbeat...

It was so calming.

"Raimu?" he whispered, almost in vain hope.

Ba bah ba bah

Sleep claimed him.

TBC